“First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.”—George Bernard Shaw
We often have a strange attachment and magnetic pull towards all kinds of first things in our lives. Our first cell phone, first family vacation, or our first sneaky night-out. We remember about these incidents with a special kind of care and fondness. At lonely moments we long to be able to return to them.
Similar is the charm associated with our first innocent teenage loves. They are very clearly etched in our memories, added with layers of experience and at melancholic moments we ponder about reconnecting with them.
That exciting new experience we remember all our lives. We tend to forget the little troubles that seemed so tragic then and remember the moments of exquisite joy. We then lived in a world of fairy tale romances, believing without a doubt that there always had to be a happy ending.
Just as happiness was so easy to come by then, the young hearts were equally easy to hurt. Some of these hurtful incidents often have great impact upon us and might alter the way we later look at love.
The frustration felt when none took us seriously then and attributed all the new complicated feelings to ‘hormones’ is unforgettable. Now we know that the best thing adults can do is support the little ones to pass this changeable phase with the least wounds. First love is only the first lesson learnt.
Very often we remember our first love as something innocent and pure, sometimes as something ideal and in rare cases with regret. As time passes our thoughts change yet we do wonder about our lost loves and want to wish them well. Adolescent first loves are very often our favourite actors, rock stars and even teachers. “My first love was definitely Hrithik Roshan! Still cannot hear a single rotten thing about him”, gushes a college student.
Those for whom first love doesn’t come as teenagers, the feelings, excitement and silly mistakes made is much the same. The over powering enigma of love manages to pull one and all.
The wandering mind which will never be reined does sometimes decide strange things. When it is about our first love, all we can do is sit back and enjoy the ride.
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